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  our 
  young 
  men. 
  We 
  want 
  the 
  individuals 
  to 
  profit 
  by 
  the 
  educa- 
  

   tion. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  an 
  educational 
  society. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  will 
  ask 
  the 
  vice-president 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  At 
  the 
  last 
  meeting 
  a 
  committee 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  

   report 
  on 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut, 
  of 
  which 
  committee 
  the 
  president 
  was 
  

   the 
  chairman, 
  and 
  will 
  make 
  his 
  report 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Mr. 
  Chairman, 
  Ladies 
  and 
  Gentlemen: 
  I 
  

   think 
  you 
  appreciate 
  the 
  chaos 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  moment 
  in 
  the 
  status 
  

   of 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  When 
  Professor 
  Fagan 
  

   reports 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  exceeds 
  2,000, 
  

   most 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  seen, 
  this 
  chaos 
  is 
  evident. 
  

  

  The 
  varieties 
  propagated 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States 
  are 
  experi- 
  

   ments. 
  I 
  harve 
  done 
  nothing 
  that 
  will 
  compare 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Pagan's 
  

   work, 
  but 
  have 
  found 
  certain 
  interesting 
  facts. 
  

  

  First: 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  Maryland 
  a 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  

   come 
  into 
  leaf 
  until 
  June. 
  When 
  the 
  cherries 
  are 
  ripe, 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  

   coming 
  into 
  leaf; 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  borne 
  regularly 
  for 
  fifteen 
  years. 
  

  

  While 
  going 
  through 
  the 
  orchards 
  at 
  Grenoble 
  in 
  France, 
  I 
  asked 
  

   a 
  man 
  "What 
  is 
  the 
  matter 
  with 
  that 
  tree?" 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  June 
  

   9th. 
  "There 
  is 
  nothing 
  the 
  matter, 
  " 
  he 
  told 
  me, 
  "it 
  is 
  only 
  coming 
  

   into 
  leaf. 
  " 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  possibilities 
  of 
  a 
  hybrid 
  

   of 
  that 
  tree 
  and 
  the 
  Maryland 
  tree. 
  The 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Grenoble 
  tree 
  were 
  of 
  good 
  quality, 
  but 
  low 
  yield. 
  The 
  Maryland 
  

   tree 
  is 
  a 
  heavy 
  yielder 
  but 
  of 
  third 
  quality. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  matter 
  of 
  variety, 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  emphasize 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  point 
  

   of 
  the 
  great 
  possibilities 
  of 
  the 
  oriental 
  walnut. 
  Great 
  results 
  are 
  

   likely 
  to 
  be 
  attained 
  from 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  into 
  

   Pennsjdvania, 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  Second: 
  What 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  walnut? 
  They 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  

   three 
  qualities: 
  

  

  1. 
  Positively 
  sweet. 
  

  

  2. 
  Neutral. 
  

  

  3. 
  Those 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  bitterness 
  in 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  kernel, 
  which 
  

  

  develops 
  as 
  you 
  masticate 
  the 
  kernel. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  distinguish 
  themselves 
  for 
  good 
  jdeld 
  here 
  in 
  

   the 
  East 
  are 
  unfortunately 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  class. 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  samples 
  

   of 
  these 
  to 
  commercial 
  dealers. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  walnut 
  buyers 
  

   in 
  Philadelphia 
  classifies 
  the 
  Grenobles 
  as 
  first 
  class. 
  The 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  crop 
  he 
  classes 
  second 
  quality 
  but 
  pays 
  more 
  for 
  it. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  the 
  California 
  quality 
  is 
  second 
  class. 
  Eastern 
  nuts 
  are 
  mostly 
  

  

  